"Volume is dirty"...

HoseB · SirTweaksabit Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 260

Sometimes when I boot my Win2000 rig, Windows goes into a scandisk (or checkdisk?) routine with the message "Volume is dirty".

It never hifhlights anything as "repaired" and runs OK afterwards, but I know this is trouble.

I'm getting ready to do a fresh install of Win2000 over the weekend unless someone can direct me to a tool for a repair.

I have run various HD and registry clean/repair utilities (HD Cleaner, RegScrub XP, Norton One Button Checkup), but to no avail.

Any hope out there guys??

Thanks,

Hose

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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 1:36 pm Post subject:

too much llama porn?
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HoseB · SirTweaksabit Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 260

If porn is the problem, then I guess I'm just Hosed.... I'm sure ALL of my volumes are "dirty".

[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

Do a fresh install, will be more worth while.
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JayDubya · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 6:34 pm Post subject:

its possible that you might need to defrag.
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

prhaps a drive optimizer....like norton sys works
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HoseB · SirTweaksabit Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 260

Follow Up...

I opted for the fresh install. However, I unknowingly picked up a virus in the process. When I finally got around to installing the AV program and found the virus, it then made sense that "things weren't quite going together smoothly".

Fun and games!

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

best of luck getting it.....=]

we're here to help
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HoseB · SirTweaksabit Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 260

I was doing a fresh install of Win2000 last night, and I kept getting popups from Windows Messenger. At one point, the popup even said, "You've got a virus!. Go to such-and-such website and we'll help you get rid of it". (The install was ratty... had to do the video drivers a 3rd time. Other things didn't work just right either... thought I'd have to redo the install from scratch. When I finally got around to installing the AntiVirus program and cleaned out the virus, it appears to all be working well now.)

Considering I hadn't been online with anybody except Dell for a driver and MS for updates, I got the feeling the sender of that message also fouled my system. Pretty neat, eh? Send you a virus to hose your rig, then tell you, "for a fee, we'll tell you how to unhose it". What a crock!

So, my suggestion.... If you're doing a fresh install, make it a point to disable Windows Messenger Service before you first go online.